“Julius Caesar”
Friendship Committee
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar deals in part with the issue
of friendship. What makes a true friend? How does one maintain
a friendship in a political context?
YOUR TASK:
To prepare for reading the play, your Friendship Committee is
responsible for drafting a list of ten qualities or traits that
qualify a person as a friend. You also need to list five friendship
infractions that could cause the possible absolving of a
friendship.
When you have finished creating these two lists, your group
needs to select a Friendship Constitution Representative to
represent your group at a Friendship Summit.
At the Friendship Summit, the representatives will draft a class
Friendship Constitution, incorporating ideas from each
committee. The final Friendship Constitution should include ten
friendship traits and five friendship infractions, selected from
the individual groups' work. Each Representative should attempt
to include at least two of her group's ideas in the final
Constitution.